Feb 13, 2025 · Servants, who ranged from convicted criminals to skilled workers, in time came to occupy the lowest rung on the social ladder in Virginia. While tenants kept half of what they …

Mar 15, 2025 · During their indenture, the servant was legally subject to the rule of their master; although there were laws to protect servants, Virginia’s spread-out settlements meant that …

Virginia was a society in which life was short, diseases ran rampant, and parentless children and multiple marriages were the norm. In sharp contrast to New England, which was settled mainly …

When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, slavery—which did not exist in England—had not yet become an institution in colonial America. Many Africans worked as servants and, like …

This project aims to create a reconstructed passenger arrival list for people who came to Colonial America as indentured servants, redemptioners, and transported convicts between 1607 and …

For the colony of Virginia, specifically, more than two-thirds of all white immigrants (male and female) arrived as indentured servants or transported convict bond servants. Indentured …

Watch on Source: Timeline, Indentured Servants vs. Slaves in Jamestown, Virginia 1607-1619 Indentured Servitude versus Slavery

Explore daily life in Colonial Virginia, from family roles and housing to economic activities and cultural aspects. Discover the past today!

Journal entries written from many perspectives, from a poor indentured servant to wealthy landowner Landon Carter, also offer valuable insights into the plight of English immigrants. …

Here we read two opposing views of servitude by former servants in the Chesapeake colonies, followed by the punishments ordered by a Virginia court after a servant uprising in 1640.